Adamkayalar

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The Adamkayalar ( Turkish for people rocks ) are Roman grave reliefs in Cilicia. They are located near the ancient Korykos the present site in the southern Turkish province of Mersin Kızkalesi.

About eight kilometers north of Kızkalesi in the steep, almost vertical walls of the Şeytan Deresi ( Teufelstal ) are in an inaccessible place several Roman rock-cut tombs with thirteen family related reliefs. They are the first dated to second century AD. The diagrams show the deceased with their families, for example at a banquet. A male figure lies on a kline, another has grapes in his hand. Other people are armed with spear or ax. Among those portrayed are also women with long robes and headscarves. Under two of the reliefs inscriptions are seen. The style of art is similar in the nearby necropolis of Kanytelleis and olba. We have not yet made any archaeological investigations.

At the top of the gorge the ruins of several buildings, sarcophagi and a cistern can be seen. The populated knoll of about 100 meters in diameter, is surrounded up to the canyon rim of a polygonal perimeter wall. In some buildings, crosses can be seen. Because of the wall art, the settlement of the Hellenistic to the early Byzantine period can be dated. At a distance of 1.5 km and it lies on the other side of the road coming from Kızkalesi the Roman Tower of Gömeç.

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